Security Fix: July 24, 2005 - July 30, 2005

LAS VEGAS, July 30 -- New research released at the DefCon conference suggests that not only is it important to apply patches to fix security flaws in commonly used computer software, but that patch installation is important for the very...

LAS VEGAS, July 30 -- Spent an educational evening last night with maybe 20 hackers who were elegantly mixing alcohol and technology into a wicked cocktail recipe that is sure to revolutionize fraternity parties from this day forward. The clever...

LAS VEGAS, July 29 -- The full, unedited version of Michael Lynn's controversial presentation on flaws he claims to have uncovered in the software powering Cisco Systems's widely used Internet routers has been posted on a series of Web...

LAS VEGAS, July 29 -- Just got a tour of the sprawling campus that is the Alexis Park Hotel, where DefCon is in full swing. My guide was a junior "Goon," one of dozens of security folks wearing orange...

LAS VEGAS, July 29 -- Michael Lynn is being investigated by the FBI for criminal conduct after he gave a presentation detailing what he said are flaws in the critical routers supporting the Internet and many computer networks, according a...

LAS VEGAS, July 29 -- Michael Lynn is being investigated by the FBI for criminal conduct after he gave a presentation detailing what he said are flaws in the critical routers supporting the Internet and many computer networks, according a...

LAS VEGAS, July 29 -- Late yesterday I reported here that security researcher Michael Lynn had reached an agreement with Cisco Systems and his former employer, Internet Security Systems, to end a short-lived legal wrangle over his discussion of a...

LAS VEGAS, July 28 -- Michael Lynn, the security researcher whose talk yesterday about new flaws in Cisco Systems routers landed him in court this morning, has settled the legal dispute with Cisco and his former employer, Atlanta-based Internet Security...

LAS VEGAS, July 28 -- The Michael Lynn Cisco-gate controversy has somewhat overshadowed everything else going on here at Black Hat, and I've been spending so much time getting to the bottom of the whole ordeal that I haven't had...

LAS VEGAS, July 27 -- The Michael Lynn story keeps getting more interesting. The computer security researcher lost his job at Internet Security Systems today after he briefed Black Hat conference attendees about a flaw in the software that powers...

LAS VEGAS, July 27 -- I promised earlier that I would follow up on this morning's pre-dawn post about one of the most eagerly awaited presentations here at Black Hat -- a talk to be given by Michael Lynn...

LAS VEGAS, July 27: One of the primary reasons companies send their computer security experts to the annual Black Hat security conference here is to learn about new security vulnerabilities that bad guys could use to disrupt Internet communications that...

Another security company on Monday offered to pay security researchers who discover and responsibly report security flaws in commercial software products. The goal of the "Zero Day Initiative," announced Monday by TippingPoint, an Austin, Tex.-based security services firm owned by...

One of the major themes of this blog has been the need for computer users to develop their Internet "street smarts." Even those who observe the most basic security advice -- by applying Microsoft Windows patches and using antivirus and...